Difference between revisions of "Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills"
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'''Author:''' Henry Swinburne, (c.1551-1624) | '''Author:''' Henry Swinburne, (c.1551-1624) | ||
| − | '''Title:''' A Treatise Of Testaments And Last Wills: Compiled Out Of The Laws Ecclesiastical, Civil, And Canon, As Also Out Of The Common Law, Customs And Statutes Of This Realm | + | '''Title:''' ''A Treatise Of Testaments And Last Wills: Compiled Out Of The Laws Ecclesiastical, Civil, And Canon, As Also Out Of The Common Law, Customs And Statutes Of This Realm''. |
'''Published:''' London, In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot (assignee of Edw. Sayer, esq.) and sold by S. Birt, 1743. | '''Published:''' London, In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot (assignee of Edw. Sayer, esq.) and sold by S. Birt, 1743. | ||
| − | '''Edition:''' | + | '''Edition:''' |
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
| + | Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Swinburne on wills. fol.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. Folio editions were published in 1728 and 1743.<ref>''English Short Title Catalog'', http://estc.bl.uk, search of "Swinburne" and "Wills" reveals only two folio editions.</ref> [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on April 21, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing indicates as much without choosing an edition. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> lists the 1728 edition in part based on the existence of that edition in Jefferson's library. | ||
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ||
Revision as of 10:08, 29 July 2013
by Henry Swinburne
Swinburne's lasting claim to fame is as the author of two books on ecclesiastical law. The first of these, A Briefe Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills, was the first work of canon law to be published in English, rather than in Latin. It appeared in 1591 (date of colophon) and became a standard work. The second edition was published, under Swinburne's own supervision, in 1611, and the last of seven further editions was issued in 1803. His other published work, A Treatise of Spousals, or Matrimonial Contracts, appeared posthumously in 1686, with a further edition in 1711. This work on the law of matrimonial contracts was the first part of an uncompleted four-part work that was intended to include further sections on marriage, divorce, and bastardy. The two opening chapters of the section on marriage exist in a manuscript, believed to be in Swinburne's own hand (Durham University). [1]
Bibliographic Information
Author: Henry Swinburne, (c.1551-1624)
Title: A Treatise Of Testaments And Last Wills: Compiled Out Of The Laws Ecclesiastical, Civil, And Canon, As Also Out Of The Common Law, Customs And Statutes Of This Realm.
Published: London, In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot (assignee of Edw. Sayer, esq.) and sold by S. Birt, 1743.
Edition:
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Swinburne on wills. fol. and given by Thomas Jefferson to Dabney Carr. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. Folio editions were published in 1728 and 1743.[2] George Wythe's Library[3] on LibraryThing indicates as much without choosing an edition. The Brown Bibliography[4] lists the 1728 edition in part based on the existence of that edition in Jefferson's library.
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Recently rebound in red buckram; autographs: C.P. Sherman 1881; [J.R.] Tyson; [Greaves].
References
- ↑ Sheila Doyle, ‘Swinburne, Henry (c.1551–1624)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 11 June 2013
- ↑ English Short Title Catalog, http://estc.bl.uk, search of "Swinburne" and "Wills" reveals only two folio editions.
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on April 21, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433
